(From Special Correspondent OF Press Association.)

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 2245, 1 December 1881, Page 7

(From Special Correspondent OF Press Association.)

PcNOABEnu, Not. 15. Nothing of any special intorest occurred at Parihaka this morning. The Thames Scottish, Navals and Engineers were paraded early and marched into Opunake, where they await the arrival of the Hinemoa and will then embark for Manukau. Several other companies will more for home about Friday or Saturday. The last Volunteers to leave will be the Canterbury men, and Mr Bryce is unable to atato when the Bteamer -will arrive to take them home. Between nine and ten this morning the Constabulary entered the village, and all the women and children were requested to assemble on a dope leading down to the pah from the graveyard. Mr Bryce, Colonel Boberts and others were present and Mr Butler acted as interpreter. Immediately the natives, who were equcitting m the marae, were called on, they came out. Chiefs Mete Kin»i and TJtiki, Captain Messenger, Mr Booth, o£ Wanganui, and Bugler Brooke were present to identify the Wanganui women. The work of picking them oat lotted over an hour, and the number taken was 47, including several children. Those arrested were then matched to a wbaro m the rear of Fort B-olleston, and placed m the whare, and the Constabulary marched from the pah into tho camp, and wore dismissed. Press representatives were refused admission into the pull while the arrests were being made, but officials state thut nearly all the women from tho Wanganui district have been arrested. During Iho afternoon several gentlemen who are here for the purposa of identifying the Wanganui men visited the Vfhares where tho men. are confined. They counted several there who cnuld not be leeognised as belonging to that district, and they were immediately nllowed to return to the pah. The number released was 44. The prisoners will bo Bent to Opunake at live o'clock to-morrow morning under an escort of the Taranaki Mounted Bides and i company of A.C men, and tho womea. will bo morcbed on foot, but drays will be provided for the children and the baggage. One of the natives is indisposed and another crippled ; these will bo driven down to Opunake. They embark on board tbe Bteamer Hauraki for Wanganui, whence they will bo sent to their own homes. Mr Bryce had intended to visit Opunake tonight, and make arrangements for the transport of the natives, but was enabled to do this by wire. The goods taken from the wharra belonging to the Wanganuis have been placed m drays, and will be sent along with them. Hone Pihama, who came to Parihaka to identify the natives, has become very nervous, and th\B is said to be owing to bU believing that he is under a spell, and that he ia bewitched. Utiki identified most of the women this morning. Mete Kingi addressed the natives assembled m the marae this afternoon and again advised thorn to disperse. In referring to the destroyed whares, ho said the natives could see what had been done. The Wanganui pople had been arrested and their wheres destroyed, and i£ other tribes would not return to their hapus they would be treated m a similar manner. The natives made no reply. Other arrests will, it is expected, be made to-morrow on tbo arrival of Mr Parris who knows a large number of the tribes now aßtemblcd m the pah. Mr Bryce expects a difficulty m identifying the natives who havo eomo from tUo districts between Wailtato and Mokau, as no Europeans have vifited tbese. However, he is determined to disperse them, and if necessary by force. Mr Brjce mentioned that he was afraid a largo portion of tho crop!, principally potatoes, now under cultivation by the natives, would have to bo destroyed. He gave it as bis opinion that if this was curried out there would not be any attraction to Parihaka, and alien tribes would thus bo prevented from assembling there. During the past few days tho natives hava been busily engaged m getting pigs and taking food to P^rihaVa, for the meeting on the 17th insfc. It is not known who will address tba mei-ting, but. whoover does so will be arrested immediately. This afternoon about 150 native children were amu«rd m ee.nvmblii>g for pennies and hi'Biiitß thrown to them by the Constabulary. Tbe fun was witnessed by nearly all m camp, and a large number of adult Maoris viewed the proceedings from a hillock m front nf Parihaka. An additional quintUy of ammunition was discovered among the goods removed from the wharea yesterday, and was taken into cavnp. Mr Bryce exnects to visit Wanganui shortly, and will bo pre?ent on nomination day for tho general election to address the electors A vifb match wrs fired at Pungsrehu this afternoon between the Timaru Artillery nnrl \fnrlborough Bides. Tbe latter won easily defeating thoir opponents by 160 points. Great, praise U duo to the telegraph officials at tho Punnareliu find Rabotu campa for their efforts m facilitating Press work. The operators who were drafted from tha Torpedo Oorps are on duty early m the morning and frequently have to remain untilafter midnight. The mounted Rifles aleo have rendered good aorvioe lince they havo been stationed here. Wkliington, Nov. 15. The Hinemoa, with tho Wellington Navals, City Bides, Guards, n^d Engineers, and the Makoraand Wairavapa Kifloe, arrived Bhortly after right. Thero was a great concourse of poople, and hearty cheering. On landing tho men marched to tho barrarkl, where thoy were, dismissed after a few words of congratulation from Lieut.-Oolonel Pearce. Tho Hinemoa loft again at nine for Opunake to take the Thame* volunteer!! back to Onehungtt, (FbOII SrBCIAL COBBKSrONDENT OF PEES 3 Association.) Pcnoahkht;, Nov. 16. Shortly aftor daybreak this morning the prisoners belonging to the Wanganui tribes were taken from tho whares on Fort Bolleaton, and under the escort of about twenty of the New Plymouth Mounted Eiflos and a company of AC. they wore sent to OpunaVe. Half a "dozen dreys wore provided to conTcy the children and baggage which belonged to the tribe. Those prisoners arrived nt Opunake at 11.30 this morning, and rfill embark tomorrow morning at 0.30. Tho arresting of the natives belonging to tho Ngatiawa tribe has commenced, Captaia Messenger, Mr Hursthouse, tmd several of the Mounted Bifioa being present to i- 1 identify them. Tho arresting party was placed m a lino m the mai-ac, and as each c native was identified ho was escorted to a o small hillock m. front of the pah, where his ■ n&me was token and ho was then marched to the whares on Fort BoUeston vacated by tbe

Wanganui tribe. The work was tedious, and it was cot until noon that the who'e of the men were brought out. Attention was then directed to the women and children, and during the afternoon the whole had been placed m confinement. Tho number taken was 250 men, 109 women and 60 children. Nine of the women and between 40 and 50 men were released this afternoon, as they had been taken m mistake. No re■istence whatever was offered by the Maoris, and the natives m the marae seemed but little concerned at the removal of the Ngatiawa. Several of the natives brought out from the pah refused to give their names, and these were immediately handcuffed and taken up to the wli ires. However, should they disclose their names this evening the handcuffs will be removed. Ihe natives captured to day will be sent to New Plymouth. It. was intended to embark them at Opunake, but owing to there being no steamer to take the whole, of sufficient carrying capacity that could enter the Waitara river, the idea was abandoned. This eveni"g the prisoners will be offered a chance of collecting their goods together, and m the event of their not doii g so they will have to go without them. Unless the prisoners agree to select their property, it will, along with the whares, be destroyed by the Armed Constabulary, ai Mr Bryce is of opinion they, on their release at Waitara, would immediately return for their property. Some difficulty has been experienced m finding the whares occupied by the Ngatiawas, as they do not occupy a different site as the Wanganui tribe did. All the natives taken today are from the north of New Plymouth. All the others are from the south of that town, and could have been arrested but it was thought had any more been taken that they would have had an unmanageable crowd. Fifteen drays will be engaged to carry the prisoners and their bag gage (should they select it). After the arrest of the Ngatiawa natives had been completed the men were dismissed, and nothing furthor was done during the afternoon. iTfitQABBHTJ, Nov. 17. AH the Volunteers will have left here before noon to-morrow. The old warrior Titokowaru is (till m custody, and will probably be kept here for some time. Tbe Constabulary will probably be garris.med m this district for the nrxt two year*, tbe principal posiliona being nt Parihaka, Opunake and Manaia, while a email number of men will be itationod at other camps. PrjuoißKHtr, Nov. 18. Sv Shortly after daylight the Nelson men were ■routed, and at eight o'clock marched for Opunake, where they will embark with the Canterbury and Marlborough contingents tomorrow. Beyond the arrest and deportation of natives, very little was don* at Farihaka to day. Tbe arrest of natives continued ur.til late this afsernoon, when 377 had been brought out of the pub. Of theee 219 were taken . during the forenoon, being principally Taranaki and Ngatiawa tribes. Tbe remainder wereerretted during I he afternoon, and belong to the Ngatiraoui, Ngatiawa, and Waikato tribes. Of the latter only 40 were taken, but other* are expected to be identified tomorrow. At dusk everything was quiet at Parihaka and but few natives could be seen m the marae, although it is estimated there are six or seven hundred still m the village. No difficulty was experienced to-day m identifyi-j tbe tribes, and each native when called npon came out without the slightest leiistance. It is expected that some trouble will be found m picking out the women and children belonging to the Waikato tribes, frit to-morrow m»rniug the Waikato men who have been arrested, will be marched to the front of the marae and the women will then be called upon to join their husbands. Tbis it is expected they will do. The dispersion of the natives will only last a few days. Tomorrow about a hundred of those confined here will be sent borne. It has been found necessary to handcuff Titokowaru and also to keep him m solitary confinement, oning to bis threatening manner. The night b.fore la.t when the Nelson Volunteer* relieved tho Constabulary off duty, and were kerping guard over the prisoners on Fort Bolleiton, Titokowaru put bis head out of the whare and noticing Latter, a young man who was doing sentry duty laid, " Is this the kind of men you bring to fight my men ?" Titokowaru then made several remarks relative to tbe last war, and naming certain actions m which he was victorious, asked if the Europeans had yet forgotten them. Mr Bryce liai decided .to detain Tito, as he is sure that the settlers on the West Coast will be very glad to hear of his being under arrest. There are several charges on which Tito could be m iicted, and it is not improbable that be will be brought be 'ore the Court. Thesecbarges ara — taking up arms against.the Queen, murder, sedition, and otber minor offences. PtTHGABBHT/, Nov. 20. Nothing of importance was done at Parihaka on Saturday. The firet thing m the morning the- natives m custody at Punga'ehu were marcbtd to the Parihaka camp, and placed m cprfioement m wbares on Fort Bolle»fcon. At 9 a.m. about. 160 of the Maoris who cam* from pahs at Waimate were marched out and sent home under escort. Tbe remainder of the day was occnp ; ed m gearching for a number of aliens, and when identified they were taken from tbe marae. Twen«y wbares were also pulled down. La>t night the escort who went with the last batch of released nntives returned after a long and dusty march from Oeo, distant 25 miles. On their arrival at Oeo the natives were provided with oDe ration and then fold to co home. Dnring the past day or two Major Tuke accompanied by the New Plymouth MnU"ted Bifles has been vititing several hapus m the neighborhood of Waitara and Punehui, taking poiseieion of any arms and ammuni'ion th»i could be found. At Waitara 60 guns and 50 pistols were captured, and from other pahs 28 guns were taken. Of these 24 belonged to Mobi's people at Ponehui. Mohi was very angry at the proceedings, and one of his tribe, who wa« about half drunk, resisted to some extent and attempted to break the guns. He •was, however, prevented from doing so. This rfsi«t«nc<! is the first the Constabulary h«ve met with since commencing tbeir search. The total number of natives that have been taken ont of Paribaka and dispersed is 1843, and only six now remain m custody these being cheifs taken (hortly after the arrest of Te wbi'i. Te Whetu and Patui are among them, and will probably be released to-morrow. They belong to Pilea. Mr Bryce is not aware of any charee tb~t can be preferred »gain»t Te Whetn for any offence committed since bis being released frum prison, where he had been confined for ob giructing roado. Patui is one of tbe principsl chiefs, bnt will not be released until it has been ascertained m what temper he it. To-morrow another search will be made for natives, and several otber whareu are to be pnll»d down. Everything bas been very quiet, at camp today. A cricket match belween two companies of the A.C. is being played at the Punearebu ground this afternoon. Tbe game is not yet concluded. POTCOIBBHTf, NOV. 21. The weather bsf been exceedingly hot here to-day. . A ttir was made m camp early tbis morning, and at 8 two fatigne parties were sent out— one for collecting drayi and property, tbe other being marchd intn the pah to arr«st natives. The former were eng'ged all day and have taken fifty conveyances, m eluding 46 dray* and spring traps, 3 buggies, •nd 1 drag. Theie were placed m a line olong the fence opposite tbe c»mp. and a guard was kept over them. The. drays were removed so that none of them culd be stolen. Mr Bryoe has determined to allow some of the natives who have been dispersed to return wb»n they are not. to stnbbom to losd drays with potatoes and take them to their fcapnl. These naliv#s will only be allowed to Tisit there on a pass signed by one of the obiefs of tbeir tribes and an officerbe'one ing te tbo Con*t*bulurr- On ih. party entering th« pah the whole of tb. natives were a«emb).H «nd ordered to proceed to a position «w*r the grayo yard. Thti iw« done without any resistance, but Mrs Te Whiti and 24 native men »nd women, who were bedridden, were allowed to wmnin. Mr Bryce, Colonel Eo%«tf, and nearly tbe whole of tb* «I»ff were present. Eu.kere, « muJdlt-agt<l man and a principal chief, who alleges that he £*• » cretjtof claim to ths lend than Te

Wbiti, drafted out tho natives belonging to the pah and they were put b»ok. Others, who could not be identiGed, were taken prisoner* and marched up to a large, whareon Fort Rolleston ; these numbered 64 all told. A large portion of them came from tribes near Waitara, and the remainder ara from the Wm'mate Plains. Arrangements are being jiarie for them to be deported to-morrow Not >o miny natives were taken as had been expected, and Mr Bryce is of opinion that this is the last of them. The old warrior Titokowaro, who has obstinately refused to accept any food for the last two days, gave m to-day, and gladly accepted thnt offered him. Dr. O'Carroll visited him 1 his morning, and found him m tears, evidently annoyed at his endurance not lasting so long as he expected. Titokowaru is still kept handcuffed, and m v separate whare from the other pri-oners. He will be sent to New Plymouth on Wednesday morning, and brought before the Bi-sident Magistrate, when it will be asked that be be bound over to keep the peace. Heavy bail will be asked for, and m the event of his finding sureties and being released, he wi'l again be arrested, and other offences it is understood will then be preferred ogain-t him. Thi. afternoon between 15 and 20 whares were pulled down. Among them was a very substantially built one, called the " Bacred Medicine Whare," no persons boing allowed to enter it unless barefooted. The goods taken from the whares destroyed were placed m a very large wharo which had been occupied by the Waikoto natives. The Farapara natives and those who are on guard »t the plantation, were collected and sent up to Parihaka under escort this evening Sixteen of these were identified as stranger* and placed under arrett. This brings the total number of prisoners taken to-day up to 80, including women and children. The letter sent by His Excellency the Governor to Te Whili, was this afternoon discovered m the house whioh had been built for His Excellency tho Governor's accommodation. Tho natives have deserted the marae and are distributed over the village. It is estimated that the number m Parihaka is close on 600. PusaAßEHn, Not. 23. Affair! at Parihaka are quiet to-day. The destruction of whares is delayed owing to n strong rope not having arrived. Two fatigue parties were out this morning — one preparing ernund for a new camp, the other collecting firewood. The N»w Plymouth Mounted Bides will, it is expected.be released from service to-morrow and return home. Bangi, who was sent to New Plymouth to day, will be tried under the We,»t Coast Settlement Act, and, as he is one of the principal chiefs, he will be detained m custody for some timo. Puhgabehu, Nov. 24. Everything has bern very quiet at Parihaka to-day. Fa'igus parties were out early to carry raupo from the destroyed wlinres to the spot chonen for the new camp, where it will be need m erecting cook houses, &o. Scarcely an adult nativo was seen m Ihe village to-day, they no doubt having taken shelter m the various whares. On Tuesday two natives belonging to the Hawera district were found m tears, and on being asked the reason of their grief they remarked that they wished to go to their home;, but did not care to proceed there unless taken as the others have been. This m another'inttance of the Maoris refusing to disperse voluntarily. Bahotu camp will be dismantled m a day or two, and the Okato camp will also be abandoned as soon as arrangements are concluded for doing so. The disposition of the Constabulary at the principal station i>, at nenr as can bo ascertained. 450 at Parih ika, 150 at Manaia. 60 at Ounnake, and 40 at Puncarrhu. Opunake, it is stated, will be tbo headquarter*. Mr Anderson, Defence Storekeeper for the colony, is deserving of the greatest praise for the manner m which he has carried out hi» duties m connection with olothing and rationing the Volunteers and Constabulary, and also m the transport of natives. Mr Bryce will leave the camp for Oeo tomorrow, where he will meet Sir William Fox. ________________